77-3-305. Limitations on leasing. (1) The board may not issue leases to any citizen of another country or any person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity controlled by interests foreign to the United States unless that country provides for similar or like privileges to citizens of the United States.
(2) The board shall consider whether the extraction of the coal from those lands by strip-mining methods would adversely affect the methods of recovery of deep minable coal from those operations on those lands in the future.
History: En. 81-511 by Sec. 6, Ch. 358, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 81-511(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 127, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 332, L. 2011.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 3. Rock, Mineral, Coal, Oil, and Gas Resources
77-3-301. Coal leases authorized
77-3-302. Lands subject to coal leasing
77-3-303. Rules relating to coal leasing
77-3-304. Protection of rights of purchasers or prior lessees
77-3-305. Limitations on leasing
77-3-306. Conditions on manner of mining
77-3-307. Improvements of former lessee
77-3-308. Limitation on public inspection rights
77-3-309. and 77-3-310 reserved
77-3-316. Rental and royalty terms
77-3-317. Report and payment of royalty
77-3-318. Disposition of royalties and other receipts
77-3-319. and 77-3-320 reserved
77-3-322. Obligation to pay royalties under coal lease contract -- interest